Yankees starting pitcher Phil Hughes throws in second inning against the Chicago White Sox before being replaced by David Huff on Monday.

Written by

Brian Heyman
| Staff Writer

Phil Hughes summed up his free agent-to-be year after another game gone wrong last week when the Yankees were in Toronto: "It's been a horrible season."

But it wasn't over yet, still time to try to help push the Yankees in their uphill run toward October. They pushed him back from Sunday to Monday to face the team living in the AL Central's cellar, the White Sox, a team he had handled well over the years.

Hughes was riding the longest winless streak of his career. And still is. His luck is horrible, too. A nearly two-hour rain delay during the top of the second led to little labor for him on Labor Day, ...